40th Annual GALA Fine Art Auction
(Gainesville, GA) It was an exceptional evening of fundraising for the arts at the Quinlan Visual Arts Center. In celebration of the 40th year for the GALA Fine Art Auction, TWO of the most collected artists in the history auction, Jill and Patrick McGannon were selected to be the Artist Guests of Honor. Only 99 pieces were selected of only the most exceptional works for a sold out audience of avid art collectors. There was both a life and a silent auction.
Jill and Patrick McGAnnon
he duo was in attendance at the popular event on Saturday, March 3 and at the Collector’s Preview Night on Thursday, March 1. Both professional artists who started as figure painters, they met through their mutual interest in one another’s work at a gallery in Chicago 21 years ago. Now living and working out of their home studio in Suwanee, Georgia, they have different yet complimentary bodies of work. Jill prefers to work from life whenever possible with recent works focusing on landscape scenes however she also creates exquisite figures and still life in oil. Patrick, by trade, has been working for 25 years as a fine art conservator of paper artifacts, still making time to paint and attend a weekly life drawing session. Recently, Patrick entered (and was accepted) into the prestigious Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Exhibition where he also won the bronze award.
The 40th Annual Quinlan GALA Fine Art Auction: 100 couples, 100 artworks and one incredible evening, GALA 2018 featured the highest caliber original art work by local, regional and national talents. The proceeds from the auction directly fund Quinlan programming, including classes, exhibitions and community outreach.
Jill and Patrick McGAnnon
he duo was in attendance at the popular event on Saturday, March 3 and at the Collector’s Preview Night on Thursday, March 1. Both professional artists who started as figure painters, they met through their mutual interest in one another’s work at a gallery in Chicago 21 years ago. Now living and working out of their home studio in Suwanee, Georgia, they have different yet complimentary bodies of work. Jill prefers to work from life whenever possible with recent works focusing on landscape scenes however she also creates exquisite figures and still life in oil. Patrick, by trade, has been working for 25 years as a fine art conservator of paper artifacts, still making time to paint and attend a weekly life drawing session. Recently, Patrick entered (and was accepted) into the prestigious Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Exhibition where he also won the bronze award.
The 40th Annual Quinlan GALA Fine Art Auction: 100 couples, 100 artworks and one incredible evening, GALA 2018 featured the highest caliber original art work by local, regional and national talents. The proceeds from the auction directly fund Quinlan programming, including classes, exhibitions and community outreach.
